drawing teacher, arrived at Hobart Town on board the Samuel Winter in 1839. His father had died on the voyage out and the 17-year-old Towart, thrown on his own resources, advertised in the Colonial Times that he was setting up as a teacher of drawing.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011